CFFA Update 3.8.26
RESULTS
We held the Lynn Krupey Memorial Iron Maiden yesterday. For the foil, Kenyatta Sanford was 1-3 in her pool, lost her first DE and finished 13th. Nora Reber followed the same path and finished 10th. Jaden Vergara of Greensboro won the event and her D26.
Rebecca Rothman of Research Triangle was second and earned her E26. Yara Ibrahim tied for 3rd and re-earned her E26 tying with Hannah Joseph, both of Apex.
For epee, Lindsey Wagner went 2-6, lost her first DE and finished 9th. Christi Golder was 3-5, lost the first DE to finish 6th. Kenyatta was a perfect 8-0 and won all her DEs to take home the crown, sword, and stuffed animal. Sophia Nolan of Apex won second, with Ava Azad of Apex and Lillian Ragsdale of Forge taking the thirds.
Ending in sabre, Lindsey was 2-3 in the pool and won her first DE to take one of the bronzes. Irina Vihodet of Foothills Fencing won the other bronze. Anita Miller-Sackman of North Florida Fencing won the silver. Kenyatta was 3-2 in the pool, but swept the DEs, to take the gold and re-earn her sabre E26.
Thanks to Brendan McConville and Donny Zelinski for reffing. Thanks to Josh White for managing and observing. Thanks to Mike Kinney and James Perkins for armoring. Thanks to Herman Smith for armoring and negotiating with the K of C. And thanks to everyone who helped set up, tear down, and just came to watch and support their teammates.
The NCCA regionals were held at Haverford yesterday. They do this in the old school way of pools to the very end. The first round cuts it to 30 fencers. They then do five pools of six to cut to eighteen, then three pools of six to cut to a final pool of twelve. Your finish is based on where you finish in the final pool in which you fence. In epee, Nicole Milewski (UNC-Chapel Hill) came out first in the opening round, but didn’t make it to the third round. Keely Carter (Temple – sabre) made it to the third round but then took a medical withdrawal. I don’t know what for, but hopefully nothing serious.
IMPORTANT DEADLINES
The Divisional II/III and Y14 National Qualifiers are now up on askfred. Even though the Nationals are in Portland, this should be a good event to attend. The event is March 21-22, and registration closes on March 15. The events are still pretty sparse except for the Div II Men’s foil, which needs another body to be a C event, and Div II Men’s epee, which already is a C event.
The Bull City Regional is open for registration. However, it has some smallish registration caps. Most of the epee events are already waitlisted. There are spaces in the other weapons, but you should get entered if you are interested. It will be held April 4-5 in Raleigh.
Donny Zelinski’s club (Salle New Bern) has scheduled their outdoor epee for April 11th at the Tryon Palace in New Bern. It is currently a 23 person A1 and they have spots for up to 42 people. It is always a fun event and I recommend that all of our adult epeeists get entered. If necessary we may be able to set up carpools.
CLUB UPDATES
Standard week of practice this week. The next homeschool beginner class will start on Wednesday, March 11.
I hope to do one 12 and under event, but the season is so booked that it looks like it will be only one, sometime in May.
SUMMER CAMPS
From the feedback I have received, it looks like the first and third weeks will be the advanced foil and epee camps. Which will be which depends on what further info I get. That leaves the second and fourth weeks to be at least one beginner camp, and maybe a second beginner camp, or some advanced camp.
July 13-17 Advanced foil or epee
July 20 – 24
July 27-31 Advanced foil or epee
August 3-7
UPCOMING EVENTS
March 14 On Point Clover, SC Spring Open Open foil, D & under foil Registration closes 3/12
March 14 Pisacafe Fayetteville Championships Middle school individual, homeschool team and individual events
March 20 Greensboro Fencing Greensboro Friday night epee Unrated epee Registration closes 3/18
March 21-22 Divisional Quals Apex Div II/III & Y14 national Qualifiers Registration closes 3/15
March 28 Greensboro Fencing Greensboro Mixed Greens E & under foil, epee, sabre Registration closes 3/25
April 4-5 Bull City Regional Raleigh Regionals
April 11 Salle New Bern New Bern Skirmish at Tryon Palace outdoor open epee
April 11 Asheville Asheville C and under C and under men’s and women’s, foil and epee
April 18 CFFA Wilmington Stab-a-thon Open foil, open epee, Div III epee
April 24-27 NAC Richmond, VA Div 1, Junior, Vets
May 16 Apex Apex Novice Cup Y10, Y12, Y 14 foil, adult foil and epee
May 30 Apex Fencing Apex Coach Miller Memorial Open foil, open epee, Div III foil
pax vobiscum,
Greg Spahr
Head Coach
Cape Fear Fencing Association